“Marriage equality is a reality coming soon to a state near you,” Bishop Gene Robinson told an overflow crowd at a July 8 hearing. He was speaking to a proposed resolution that calls for wider-than-usual latitude for bishops to allow blessings of gay and lesbian couples in states in which same-sex marriage or civil unions are legal.
The text of Resolution B012, “Pastoral Generosity in Blessing Civil Marriage,” calls for “generous discretion [to be] extended to clergy in the exercise of their pastoral ministry in order to permit the adaptation of the Pastoral Offices” for marriage. It also provides for the affected dioceses to report annually to the House of Bishops and to the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Church Music for help in developing a service of blessing for same-sex marriage if such a rite should be approved by future meetings of General Convention.
Even knowing well how the post-Christians in ECUSA think, it is still, frankly, stunning to have the argument made so freely that they must have the freedom to conform to the world, unhindered by the church. I have made this accusation countless times, getting, of course, the usual rage-filled “how dare you” responses. Now, in the debate* over B012, the MTV ethos of Episcopalianism is admitted openly.
* I should be more precise: as even one ECUSA partisan said in a comment at The Propaganda Cafe, this was not a “debate,” since that would have required an opposing view be aired.
[blockquote]I should be more precise: as even one ECUSA partisan said in a comment at The Propaganda Cafe, this was not a “debate,†since that would have required an opposing view be aired.[/blockquote]
You took the word right out of my mouth. “Debate” like “cross-section” now have entirely new meanings. ENS speaks Newspeak.
Curious… I just tried the link to this article (repeatedly) and got this display:
Forbidden: You don’t have permission to access /79901_112164_ENG_HTM.htmhttp://ecusa.anglican.org/79901_112164_ENG_HTM.htm on this server.
Dan Tuton, #3,
You are not alone, I also got the “Forbidden” warning and refusal of permission to access the site.
So did I. They’ re onto us.
I mean, ‘They’re on to us.’
[i] Oops. This elf changed it for you. [/i]
Try here
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112164_ENG_HTM.htm
driver8, thanks for the entrance into the Forbiddon zone.